fort myers beach, florida, one of the cities that was hardest hit by hurricane ian, hurricane ian made landfall on wednesday afternoon in florida as a category four hurricane. it was just a few miles shy, two miles per hour shy of being a category five storm, the likes of which have only been experienced four times in u.s. history. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida are still without power, and as of late yesterday parts of the county where i am now, where ian did make landfall, did not have access to clean drinking water. in fact, much of where i am now has no access to power either. hard to know exactly how many people are displaced this time, officials are estimating it is in the thousands, possibly tens of thousands, at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far, 12 of them here in lee county. after hitting florida eons rain grain strength over the atlantic ocean. what across florida, went out in the atlantic, and made a second landfall as a ca
okay, so, this is just in tonight, the daily beast reporting that the anonymous woman who said she had an abortion paid for by herschel walker is also the mother of one of his children. the daily beast originally agreed to withhold personal details about her, but the woman has now told them that she decided to share this after walker s denial of her original allegation. the woman told the daily beast that she wanted to stay anonymous to protect her family s privacy. the daily beast reported the woman provided proof that she is the mother of one of walker s children, but did not say how. here with me on set, cnn political commentators ashley allison and alice stewart. and also joining me cnn s senior political analyst, ron brownstein, and governor lieutenant, governor of georgia jeff duncan. good evening to one and all. so, as lieutenant governor of georgia, i ve gotta ask you, governor duncan, this is a bombshell. how is it going to land with georgia voters? well, even the
later this hour. i am symone, and i have something to say. folks labor day weekend officially kicks off the mad dash to the midterms. in just over two months, voters across the country are going to cast ballots in races that will transform congress. that s pretty much the only short thing about the 2020 midterms. look, if you had asked me or anybody else in my democratic friends who will win this election in the spring. i m sure we would ve said get ready for a red wave. the stage truly seems set for widespread republican victories, but with the reversal of roe v. wade and a woman s right to make decisions about her own body being the left at the mercy of state governments. democrats have seen a steady rise in support. it s a development that just might fly in the face of historical trends. and allow democrats to keep congress blue. two of the country s most consequential states is where we are going to start today. it goes to the vote of pennsylvania, where mehmet ho
dropping testimony of officials talking about donald trump s will be talking to maxine i m s simon sanders and i have something to say. today millions of american women woke up with fewer freedoms than they had before. in the 30 allison s the supreme court overturned roe v. wade and took away our bodily autonomy, abortions are now banned in nine states with other soon to follow. oh no, at least half the country is expected to ban or severely limit abortion access. i wish i could say something to consult y all. i wish i could tell you that it s not as bad as you think. but i can only tell you the truth. the truth is, it s about to get worse, way worse. if you re watching this from a blue state, i m doing the show from california today, don t think you re safe, either. not only with these bands strain abortion resources nationwide, but republicans are considering a nationwide abortion ban in the very possible scenario that they retake congress next year. listen to wet nancy
nbc has obtained a copy has already condemned systemic failures and egregious poor decision making on the part of nearly 400 local state and federal law enforcement officers on the scene. at robb elementary on may 4th. let s go to nbc news correspondent, priscilla thompson. priscilla, you ve been in uvalde speaking with parents and anticipating where we may hear from this report that they just released. what are some of the big takeaway so far? one of the things that you already mentioned, the sheer amount of the police presence that was here on that day. we re talking about hundreds of officers from nearly two dozen agencies, from federal, state and local law enforcement. the majority of them where texas department of public safety and border patrol. we are also learning about what happened in regards to the incident command. there was a lot of talk over the past several weeks over the school police chief, pete arredondo, being the incident commander. what is clear in this r